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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-21
FATAL AEERAX.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. IA special from
Opelosa TO the Times Democrat says: A
desperate affray took place in saloon here
last night. in which three men were shot
and all probably fatally wounded. Ste
phen Mctiaffry. oolored Was the only eve
witness OF the difficulty. who received il
stray bUllet in the region of the kidneys
rem which he i dying. Ia his ante-moT-
tenn statement he SAYS: Mark Finntterz.
proprietor Of the saloon and myself were
Sitting N the front door of the saloon
when George l-a>trOpes. the town consta-
bile. came mp, The two men &ot into 9
dispute. and after i-gStFopes ilstd struck
Einnherg both commenced firing. and in
endeavoriug To get out OF the WAY Pr
ceived shot Eight shots were fined "
s.estropes and Finnb-rg were both shot
through the breast. TIE doctor attendin =
them think all three Of the wounded men
will die. Politics was the cause Of the
trouble
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SNOW BLOCKADE.

KANSAS CITY, Dec 20.-The snow which
began falling here last night continued I'M
til the rapidly falling temperature checked
it this morning. The mercury tonight is
lowering about the zero point, and the
snow on a level averages six inches in
depth. All the railroads are seriously i'm
peded. The worst sufferers are the South
ern Kansas, and the Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Gulf lines. Their territory has
not been troubled with heavy SHOWS for so
long that they were not prepared for the
blizzard. The gulf trains were six hours
late, while none of today's Southern Kan
sas trains have arrived. Snow in Colorado
has prevented this mornings Union Pa
citic train from Denver from arriving but
the snow plows of that road are already at
work, and they hope to be fixed all right in
q few days. The outward bound trains ON
the Burlington & Missouri. railroad were
abandoned, and nearly all the outgoing
trains were delayed from twenty minutes
to two hours in starting A telegram to-
night from Gueda Springs, Kan, near the
Indian territory, says the blizzard there
has completely stopped railroad traffic.
The snow is not general in this vicinity,
bnt from Kansas Nebraska, Colorado and
Missouri comes reports of heavy winds
and bitter cold, increasing to intensity.
The Times has Geographic advices which
Indicate that there is terrible suffering in
the western part of Kansas. Four people
ore reported dead in Clark county from
the cold, while near Dighton, Kan
woman and her two children are known
to have persisted. There is great suffering
in that section of the state owing to the
scarcity OF coal. The supply was ex-
hausted during previous cold snap in the
first part of the month, and the situation
is now deplorable The suffering is
augmented by the fact that food is almost
as scarce as fuel Many of the inhabitants
are settlers who located claims last sum
mer and who are dependent on what the
railroads bring in. The railroads are try
ing to do all in their power to relieve dis
tress, but they are handicapped by scarcity
of cars. They have not enough to supply
the urgent demand for food and fuel, and
wide spread distress is inevitable unless
the weather speedily moderates. The Santa
Fe road has already announced that it
will ship free all supplies which may be
collected for Clark county
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BARBARlSM IN MISSOURI

ST. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 20-In the town of
Washington, fifty miles west of this city,
three boys, John Dworick and Gus and
Eddie Schoengardt, We're arrested
few days ago for petit larceny.
They We're found guilty by JUS
tice Hongenbusch but, in consid-
GRAFTON of the fact that they come of good
families he affixed a punishment without
precedent in the state. The parents of the
boys pleaded hard for them. and the Judge
finally ordered nominal fine imposed,
providing the parents would pub
licly fog the boys in the
court house square. The fathers
agreed. and yesterday about 900 persons
submitted on the square and saw the faith
ers fog the boys soundly. All the schools
took recess, and the children were in
vited To be present and profit by the moral
example. The children were marshaled
by their teachers One of the culprits
stood the drubbing without a murmur.
but the yells of the other pair could be
heard two blocks away.
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BILLS INTRODuCEN

WASHINGTON. Dec Ex-senator QUAY
introduced bin to increase to So per
month the pension of those who now re.
oeive $50 per month, under the law grant
ing pensions TO soldiers and sailors of the
late war who are totally disabled
Senator Plumb introduced bill ia
grant one months extra pay for each
year of enlistment to all officers OF the
volunteer army in the late war who served
the null term of their enlistment and were
honorably discharged
Senator Blair introduced bill declaring
that the act of June 9th. 1880. relative "a
pensions shall be construed SO as 10 in.
clude all officers and enlisted men in the
army aud their widows and minor chill
dren
Senator Beck introduced a bill today
provlulng that every person who carries
Oh the business Of a retail dealer on LIQUOR.
manufacturer of tobacco. Snufl or cigars
or dealers III tobacco, without having maid
a special tax therefor, shall be liable 10 a
me oil 5000 or imprisoned in county jail
without hard labor of not more than one
year.
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EXCURSION TRAIN COLLISION.

Ell PAso, Tex, Dec, 20.-Saturday even
ing party Of about 800 California excur-
sionists, comprising people of ali states
from New England to Nebraska, arrived
at Fl Paso and stopped over to see the bull
fights and other attractions Sunday even
ing At 10 o'clock the party started west
ON the Southern Pacific in a train made up
of eight passenger coaches, two baggage
cars and two engines. The engineer had
orders to meet and pass an engine at Rog-
ers. eight miles west of FL Paso Not find
ing IL there, the engineer of the excursion
train violated his orders and started on
He had not gone far when the lone engine
dashed into sight Just ahead. A collision
resulted. but the lone engine having only
its own momentum to overcome, so far
Stacked its pace that only the colliding en-
gines were wrecked and the engineer
slightly injured The excursion party
was brought back to the city and took a
fresh start this afternoon.
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COMMUNICATIONS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Messages from
the president, presented with communica-
lions from the secretary of state in refer
ence to the invitation to the government
10 appoint delegates to the international
exposition of labor, to be held in Barcelona,
SPAN, IN April, lSSS. and commencing the
setretarys suggestions to favorable con
slderatlon, were received by congress: also
IN reference to the invitation from Her
Brlttanic Majesty to this government to
participate IN the international exposition
TO be held in Melbourne in 1855, to cele-
Drate the centennlary OF the foundation of
New South Wales, the first Australian
colony. The messages were referred to
the committee on foreign relations.
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MEXICAN RAILWAY ENTERPRISES.

LAREDO, Tex, Dec 2O-The Mexican
National railroad is pushing material to
the front, and construction is being carried
on vigorously Mr.. Sweeney, formerly OF
the Missouri Kansas & Texas railway has
been appointed general roadmaster. Since
the resumption of the construction of the
gap between Saltiile and San Miguel
many other enterprises has been inaugu-
rated at several points on the Mexican
National
In mining circles, especially, there is
every inclination Of renewed life and activ-
ity The Guadalupe Mining company, of
Philadelphia, is erecting large smelling
works in this city. to treat the ores from
their mines at Nillandamar, Mexico, and
j. +. Matthews, of Matthews & Webb. of
Denver has been looking over the mining
fields of the Mexican frontier, and is
so well pleased with the outlook that his
firm will establish an ore-buying agency at
this place The general officers of the
Kansas City smelling works are at present
in the city. They have just arranged for a
lease on the San Antonio mine, near Mon
terey, Mexico. 1t is generally believed
that another Smelter VIII be under con
struction at this place within sixty days
4 W. Clifford, of st. Louis, recently sold
one of his mines near Saltillo for 100000
The Mexican National officials credit the
reported sale of the San Antonio and Ar
kansas Passenger railway to the Atchison.
Topeka * Santa Fe company.
DIR. Ornelas. Mexican consul at San An
tonic. Tex, will file bond on December
p to construct a steel bridge for foot pas
sengers, street cars, and othor vehicles be
tween New Laredo, Mexico, and Laredo
Texas. The Mexican National railroad
engineersare now Oh the field locating a
branch line from LampazOs, Mexico, to the
Millino coal fields, distance of sixty miles.
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WAYLAiD AND KILLED.

FORT WORTH. Tex, Dec. N.--James
Roberts was shot from ambush and killed
just east of the Brazos river in Hill county
Saturday last. lie was quite intimate
with John Nail, who is supposed to have
been wayiaid near this same place about a
month ago. and this killing does much
towards confirming the death of Nail,
whose body has net been found. The
cause that led 10 the killing of Roberts Is
that a horse was missing from the neigh
borhood aud was tracked through his
place and found dead in thicket near by
on the BrazOs People say they are de
termined that horse thieves nor even those
them
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mYsrrRY CLEARED LIP

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 20.-The mystery
surrounding the case Of the woman who
came here few days ago and WAS arrested
while trying To negotiate $4,000 worth OF
government bonds has been cleared up.
She claimed at the time she was arrested
that she was merely an agent for New
York merchant who failed recently and
saved $4,000 from the wreck She adj
mitted that the man was In Windsor Can
ada, and said his name was Hoffman.
Hoffman was identified tonight as Issuiore
Cohnfeid. of New York, formerly the larry
est dealer in feathers aud plumes in the
United States who failed in November. and
at once absconded to Canada. The woman
win probably be released
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HELD As HlGHWEYMEk.

MARSHALL NO, Dee. % Henry r.
Boyle. surveyor on the Missouri Pacific
extension, was robbed here Friday night
of $40, and three negroes named Bin
YaHtis. Hubert Ware and Robert Lee
were arrested and about 500 OF the m0pey
found in wood piles and other places where
it had been concealed. Today on prelim-
mary examination by Justice John Miller
Ware was ordered to Jail for twenty one
days. Lee and Yantis were sent 20 jail 70
await the action of the grand jury and
John Hill, white man also arrested Oh
the same charge was dischArged.
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OYER THE OCEAN.
ENGLAND

LONDON, Dec. 2O.-The Sportsman says
the contest between Smith and Kilrain
was more of wrestling match than a
prize fight.
Jem Smith has returned to London. He
looks but little worse for the fight.
John L. Sullivan, now exhibiting in
Glasgow, issued challenge to Smith or
Kilrain for 5000 side.
Lord Randolph Churchill has gone to
Russia. He visits St Petersburg and
Moscow. The object of his visit is to make
personal inquiry regarding the situation
in Europe. He has no diplomatic mission.
The government has decided to Danish
King Jaja, of Oporbo, West Africa, to St.
Helena. The king recently caused $50 of
his subjects to be beheaded as a warning
to others not to permit traders to go into
the interior.
The marquis of Queensbury offers a gold
medal for glove contest of eight rounds
between Kilrain and Smith. Kilrain and
party left Paris at II o'clock tonight. Sui
Ivan offers to fight either Kilrain or
Smith in the first week of April, and the
other man in the first week of May, each
for 50 600 side
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SMtIGGIlN ING OPIUM.

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec 16.-Mr. Wolff, the
special customs agent of the Dominion, ar
rived here last night on very important
business with the government in connec-
ton with the Justification of invoice on
which goods are bang imported into Cana
ola from the United States Mr.. Wolff
stated that he had short time since visit
ed British Columbia to ascertain the
amount of smuggling there that was go
ing on in the province, the guilty parties,
and their method of operations. He had
il the course of investigations learned that
enormous quantities of opium are be
ing Struggled into the United States
at that and other points IN the dominion.
He got into the confidence OF several
Cinnamon purposely to report TO the
American authorities how the business
was being carried on, which information
he has communicated to the customs Off
Gals on the other side of the line, where he
states the revenueo of the country is being,
defrauded to an almost incredible extent;
IN the item of opium alone. He learned
that from British Columbia large quaint
ties of manufactured opium are being sent
east over the Canadian Pacific, where it
made its way into the United States at
various ports along the St. Lawrence nota-
bly, BrOckville There are now eleven fac
tories refining crude opium in Victoria,
any one of which is sufficient to supply
the local demand of the Chinese in that
.province. The production of the other
ten, as matter of course, finds its way
into the United States.
The process of manufacturing or refining
is an inexpensive one, and adds little to
the original cost of the crude article, hence
the enormous profit in marketing it across
the line without the payment of the duty.
In British Columbia a large business is
done in smuggling the articles from Cad
boro to San Juan Islands, where it is held
until placed on board ships or small steam
ers and taken to Seattle, Townsend and
Tacoma. Considerable quantities are also
finding their way in lumber laden vessels
into San Francisco from Victoria. Detroit
is also receiving point from this side of
the line
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FARMERS PROPOSE A BOUNTY.

LANSING, Mich, Dec 20--At yesterdays
session OF the state grange the committee
on legislative action reported recommend
ing the removal of the tariff on sugar
from all countries not levying an export
duty on same. and. if found necessary to
continue the production, To offer a bounty
to producers the same as the present tariff
1t also recommended that the present
tariff on wool be retained and claimed it.
as their right if protection was awarded to
manufactures. The sugar clause received
ten dissenting votes but the clause about
wool WAS unanimously adopted.
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COLDER AT ST. OILS

ST. LOUIS, Dec 20.-Today opened with
a warm rain, but by a. NJ. snow began to
fall, and at noon the mercury had sunk
from IS to - and moderate blizzard was
skipping around rather lively. During the
afternoon and tonight the mercury gradu-
ally fell and at midnight The thermometer
marked 10 with high, fierce wind prevail
ing. Very little snow fell. No trouble on
railroads in this section is yet reported
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RAn Road SAVINGS BANK

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20-The scheme oi
the Pennsylvania Railroad company for
the establishment of an employees savings
institution has been perfected and today
President Roberts issued u circular To
those in its service east OF PittsburE aud
Erie, setting forth the action 81 the board
Of directors and outlined the regulations
of the fund
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a MINNESOTA RlIzzaRD

ST PAUL, Dec. 20.-The first genuine
blizzard of the season is raging in Dakota
today. A snow and fine sand is driven by
a strong wind. At Assaynibone the Their
mometer indicated 2S degrees below zero
at o'clock this afternoon. Huron reports
all trains late and those of the Northwest
ern road abandoned entirely. 1t has been
showing in st. Paul almost all day. and at
10 p. M. is growing cold. Railroad men
here do not anticipate trouble on the Min
nesota line, but expect blockade in Da-
kOta
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TIE w II. WINS

New YORK. Dec 90.-.Iames H. Good
sells suit against the Western Union uele-
graph company TO recover over half a mil
lion dollars for an alleged breach Of con
tract. has been decided in favor Of tht
Western Union company by rhe superior
court. The suit was brought for ALLEGED
breach of contract In failing to send, il is
claimed. the news of plaintiff over IT.
wires Plaintiff was. al the time, proprle
tor Of n press association.
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AcclcNED

ToIEpo. o.. dee All < Frank * Co.
retail dry goods, assigned this afternoon
n Louis SStrsslJsirger- Before the assign
ment chatteI mort ga-Es covering the stf<k
II tbs. amount 81 s.SJsD were fSIpi BE
troit creditors. who have been eE.10Essly
TIE nrms passeE. forced tie Assignment
Liabilities and assets unknown
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NEW YORK CENTRAL STATEMENT.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-1'he annual state
ment of the New York Central railroad
has just been issued II shows the follow
ing facts: Gross earnings for the year end.
ing September 10, SIS, ;f97 055, an increase Of
81, 30, G95 compared with the previous
year: operating expenses. So. 3ss .ii25. an in
crease OF -, stss "a, net earnings. ell, 8@,-
Az an increase of ~ ore As. The gross
earnings are the largest in the history Of
the company.
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ONE CENT PEP DAY

NEW YORK, Dec 20.-The executive com
mittee of the Rated Service Pension asso
citation has issued a call for national con.
vention of veterans of the late war to be
held in this city on March LIST next, TO con
slider means for forwarding the project for
securing the passage Of a bill by congress
giving to every volunteer soldier of the
late war pension at the rate of one cent
per day for each day of his service.
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SHfppERS KICK

CHICAGO, Dec. 70 AT a general meeting
of the general managers - Central Traffic
association lines today 80 agreement was
Chicago 10 the Atlantic sea boarl 10 F,sf
cent. to 20 into effect January 2 This
makes the rates First class, ~ second
class, ~ third, Sc; fourth. 80. fifth,
-, sixth. q There Is much dsssafissac-
ton amonz shlppere over the aaivanne.
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STATE SENATOR FINED.

81. LOUIs, Mo, Dec. 20-State Senator
F. H. Ketcnum was this afternoon sen
fenced in the United States district court
to pay a fine Of 800 and costs on conviction
of having made false regist ration Of voters.
The jury interposed by formally petition
ing the court to impose a fine instead Of a
jail sentence, a the offente was purely
technical
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RETRlBUTION COMING.

COLUMBUS, o.. Dec. 20.-Three OF the
parties indicted for alleged connection with
the Franklin county tally-sheet forgery
cases appeared in court this afternoon with
their attorneys to plead They were Fred
Steube and r. B. and c. r. Montgomery,
and pleaded not guilty. After some eff
forts on the part of their attorneys, the
Hon. George l.. Converse and L. l.. Taylor,
to secure a longer continuance, the trial
was fixed for Tuesday, January 3. Four of
the other defendants, the Hon. Thomas
Cogan, Allen o. Myers, Charles I. Black
burn and Algernon Granville, did not ap-
pear. Cogan was expected and promised
to be on hand to plead. His absence is not
understood. Myers also agreed to be in
court, and his failure to keep his word will
necessitate dispatching an officer for him.
He has been in New York for a
week but promised to come without the
has disappeared from his familiar haunts
in Cincinnati and is supposed to have skip
ped TO California. He is now under $1,000
bonds for his alleged connection with the
late board of public affairs of Cincinnati,
of which he was secretary, and 1t is under
stood that certain parties will agree to dis
charge that bond if he will stay out of the
jurisdiction OF TINS court ana not tell WHaU
he knows of the tallysheet cases and what
was the power behind the throne when the
forgery was committed Granville has
given bail for his appearance after he gave
the evidence eliminating the others "a week
ago. The case against the suspected par
ties win be pushed with all diligence. and
some startling Developments are sure to
be made. The attorneys retained for the
defente are T. c. Campbell, John Nc
SWnpnpI + l. T1IlOf. and The Hon frpO
l.. Converse An effort is being made to
secure the services of Senator Thurman for
tbs state, to work in connection with Prose
cutor Hulling
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TROUsLE AMONG PROHIBiTIONlsTs

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 0.-Members
of the prohibition party in this state have
been considerably excited of late over per
sonal circulars which have been distribu-
ted among them. The first was by DIR. j.
G. l.. Myers, formerly editor of the Pha-
lanx but who was not satisfactory i'll that
position and lost it, against Sylvester
johnson. the manager of the paper and
chairman of the state executive commit
tee, calling upon the prohibitionists to re
lieve the latter from leadership. Mr..
johnson, who seems to have by far the
largest following, issued a circular in re
turn, in which he showed that the charge
made by Myers was not true. The charge
was that Johnson, Ritter and others were
responsible for the failure of the prohibit
tionists to nominate candidate for con
gress III the Tenth district against MIR.
Owens last year. Mr.. Myers is repre-
scented to have a very small following in
the
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RAILROAD TRAFFIC SERIOUSLY AT.
FECTED BY SNOW.
Trains Late on Severa Western
Trunk Lines--.Bitter Cold,
Increasing in Intensity.
A Genuine Blizzard Reported From Mime
SOta-the Thermometer Falls to
rs Degrees Below Zero.
A School in Missouri Adjourns to the Town
Square to Witness the Public Whip
ping of Three Boys.
THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON, Dec. p, l a. m.-For Mis-
souri,: Colder fair weather; fresh 10 brisk
northwesterly winds, diminishing in force,
followed by rising temperature on Thurs
day.
For Kansas and Nebraska: Fair weather;
slowly rising temperature; winds becom-
ing light to fresh variable;
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GOT TIE WRONG BOTTLE

ATcHIsoN. Kan, Dee 20.-Joseph Sal
mon. Of Gaylord. Kan. who arrived here
this morning in company with his wife
on their way to California. took TWO syval-
lows Of chloroform by mistake while s5g-
ting in the depot, and died IN thirtg Inin-
ufeS The body was taken iSael. 10 Gay
lord tonight for burial
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CHARGES OF EXTREME CRUELTY

Columbus, o., Dec. CDR. Ira b
Hamblin, late assistant physician at the
Central insane asylum, has filed with Gov
ernor Foraker nine specific charges against
DR. C. NJ Finch. superintendent OF that
institution They all pertain TO cases of
alleged extreme cruelty to inmates, and if
sustained will show terrible condition of
affairs in the asylum. The charges will be
Investigated by the state board OF chart
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they CONDEMN Thai PORTlON.

ROCHESTER, \. Y, Dec. % The New
York American Merino sheep breeders as
ISOLATION, al their annual meeting in this
city today passed resolutions condemning
the message Of the president % lar as II
favored uniting wool on the free liN
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MIDDLE STATES PROHIBS.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-The middle states
conference of prohibitionists met here to
dav and resolved to appoint a committee
TO organize a convention for political
work in the coming presidential campaign